The drills of the so-called security forces and special services of occupied Abkhazia are held regularly in the Gali region. Dimitri Dbar, head of the so-called state security service, told journalists.

"The exercises are as close as possible to combat - against counter-terrorism and subversive groups. Such exercises are regularly held once a quarter. The special forces stationed here are trained and fully equipped to conduct these exercises," Dbar noted.

According to him, the interaction between the so-called structures involved in the exercises was established.

"Given the situation in the world and possible threats, we will conduct similar events more often in order to develop mechanisms to fulfill the combat tasks and to ensure anti-terrorist protection of the population," said Dbar.

The "exercises" started on Sunday and are being conducted by the so-called state security service and the ministry of internal affairs of occupied Abkhazia on behalf of de facto President Aslan Bzhania.